Hydrangea Quercifolia Summer
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It is noted for producing pyramidal panicles of white flowers in summer on exfoliating branches clad with large 3 7 lobed oak like dark green leaves.
Hydrangea quercifolia summer. But the plant s best known trait is its oak leaf shaped foliage. The flowers bloom in summer and fall in shades of pink pale purple and creamy. Hydrangeas usually bloom in summer with some blooming earlier in the season and some later and if you re lucky possibly even into fall. A deciduous flowering shrub the oakleaf hydrangea is ideal for borders mass planting and foundation planting.
The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. The fragrant flowers fade to pink then tan in the fall. The lustrous dark green foliage is resistant to leaf spot and turns a fantastic orange red in autumn. Larger sterile flowers occur towards the base of the panicle fertile flowers are creamy and fragrant and occur toward the tip.
In summer snow queen oakleaf hydrangea flowers in clusters and the white flowers fade to a pinkish brown in fall. The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. The oakleaf hydrangea is noted for producing showy pyramidal 4 12 erect panicles of creamy white flowers in summer 3 4 wide. It is noted for producing pyramidal panicles of white flowers in summer on exfoliating branches clad with large 3 7 lobed oak like dark green leaves.